Sukhbir S Badal Visits Bereaved Families Of The Mathura Boat Tragedy

Apr16,2026 | Anil Passi | Ludhiana/jagraon

(Asserts life jackets should be made mandatory for all boat travels, including pilgrimages)

Ludhiana/Jagraon, April 16 - Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today visited the bereaved families of the Mathura boat tragedy in this city and at Jagraon and shared their grief.

The SAD president while interacting with the Gulati family in the Urban Estate at Dugri said it was heart rending that so many youngsters had been drowned in the boat tragedy because of lack of adequate safety arrangements. He said he would raise the issue at all appropriate forums to ensure that life jackets were made mandatory while undertaking any such boat journies. “Life jackets should be made an absolute must on all boat travel, including religious pilgrimage”.
He interacted with the family members of deceased Rakesh Gulati, his wife Anju Gulati, Meenu Bansal and her daughter Dinky Bansal on the occasion and assured them of all possible help.

The SAD president also visited the bereaved families of the boat tragedy at Jagraon and shared his grief with them. He expressed condolences on the demise of Ishan Kataria, Charanjit Singh Kala Behal, Chandan Behal, Kavita Behal, Madhur Behal, and Rishabh Sharma.

Senior SAD leaders who accompanied Mr Badal on the occasion included Maheshinder Singh Grewal, Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Hira Singh Gabria, Bhupinder Singh Bhinda, Jagbir Singh Sokhi, Parupkar Singh Ghumman, Jaskaran Deol at Ludhiana and SR Kler, Chand Singh Dalla, Gurcharan Singh Grewal and Harpreet Singh Simak at Jagraon. EOM Jangveer Singh.